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Comment: This article needs to be improved a lot to be ready for mainspace. An exhaustive list of productions and artists associated with the company isn't needed, but encyclopedic prose supported by reliable, independent sources is. BuySomeApples (talk) 17:53, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

New Light Theater Project is a New York City theater company founded in 2013 by Chris Ryan, Sarah Norris, Amanda Berry, & Michael Aguirre^[1]. The group started as a weekly gathering to read plays^[2] and is now a non-profit organization^[3] that has mounted over 40 full productions. They are Drama Desk nominated and have received residencies from 59E59 Co Op Resident Company, Theatre Row on 42nd Street, The Flea Theater’s Anchor Program, Woodstock Byrdcliffe Residency Fellowship, Chicago Dramatists Grafting Project, IRT 3B Residency, 13th Street Rep, Access Theater Residency Program, and the New Theater at 45th Street (now Davenport). Their work has been seen in NYC, London, Edinburgh, Los Angeles, Chicago, Louisville (KY), East Hampton (NY), Saranac Lake (NY), Ridgefield (CT), Sylva (NC), and Redlands (CA).

Their mission is to nurtures a collective of artist-practitioners through the presentation of compelling stories across theatrical genres.^[4]

Production History^[5][edit]

War Words by Michelle Kholos Brooks
The Lights Are On by Owen Panettieri
Friends with Amenities by Ahsan Ali & Lisa Jill Anderson
Eddie Battles Evil by L.B. Kovetz
According to the Chorus by Arlene Hutton
H*tl'ers Tasters by Michelle Kholos Brooks
Tracks by Paula B. Stanic
I Wanna F*ck Like Romeo and Juliet by Andrew Rincón
Ink'dWell by Erin E. Adams
Pastel Color Ripples by Gama Valle
Talk to Me by Charlie Sohne & Tim Rosser
The End of Hester by Anthony Doyle
I'M SO HOT by Catherine Weingarten
The Jackson C. Frank Listening Party w/ Special Guests by Michael Aguirre
Invincible Ones by Samantha Cooper
A Ghost of Christmas Past by Ashlee Wasmund & Kristen Hedburg
In the Soundless Awe by Jayme McGhan & Andy Pederson
Metropolis, an Afrofuturist musical by AriDy Nox & Brandon Webster
Calendar Girl by Owen Panettieri
meet you at the Galaxy Diner. by Gina Femia
Promesa Promesota by Gama Valle
Brecht: Call and Respond, 3 Short Plays
Everything is Super Great by Stephen Brown
Imagining Madoff by Deb Margolin
The Great Novel by Amina Henry
The American Tradition by Ray Yamanouchi
Life x 3 by Yasmina Reyza
Meaningful Conversation by Owen Panettieri
Less Than 50% by Gianmarco Soresi
The Property by Ben Josephson
the hollower by Liza Birkenmeier
Hal & Bee by Max Baker
Deception by Brian Christopher Williams
Time Stands Still by Donald Margulies
The Happy Family by Jan Jalenak
Invention by Brandon Burk & Ed Simpson
Breeders by Dan Giles
Still Dance the Stars by Jayme McGhan
Omega Kids by Noah Mease
Sight Unseen by Donald Margulies
A Burial Place by Owen Panettieri
Strange Country by Anne Adams
Mother Knows Best written & performed by Deb Radloff
Monte Cristo by Jared Reinmuth
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
REX a new musical by Michael Aguirre
No One Loves Us Here by Ross Howard
SIDD by Michael Aguirre
Picture Ourselves in Latvia by Ross Howard
BUBBA written & performed by Michael Thomas Walker
Apartment Play by Michael Aguirre
Picture Ourselves in Latvia by Ross Howard
TV TIME! a musical revue arranged & directed by Edward Juvier & Kyle Norris
The Oedipus Project a new musical adapted & directed by Sarah Norris with music by Kyle Norris
Frisky & the Panda Man by Ross Howard
Darkroom Series

Resident Collective[edit]

New Light Theater Project has a resident collective of artists^[6], including:

LISA JILL ANDERSON
ALANA BARRETT-ADKINS
AHSAN ALI
ERIKKA ANDERSON
GENEVIEVE V. BELLER
LEILA BEN-ABDALLAH
JAN BENTLEY
MADELEINE BLOSSOM
KARA BRANCH
DANA BROOKE
DARICEL CALCANO
HUNTER CANNING
TONIANNE CAVANAUGH
ANDY EVAN COHEN
REBECCA CRIGLER
CHRIS DAFTSIOS
JOY DONZE
TABATHA GAYLE
BETHANY GERAGHTY
ALYSSA MAY GOLD
FERNANDO GONZALEZ
ARLENE HUTTON
CARSEN JOENK
BRANDON JONES
MARTIN K. LEWIS
RICKI LYNEE
KELLY MCCARTY
MADELINE MCCRAY
KLEO MITROKOSTAS
JON MULHEARN
MICHAEL O'CONNOR
OWEN PANETTIERI
WILLIAM PHELPS
LEIGHTON SAMUELS
WILL SARRATT
GAMA VALLE
VIET VO
NICK WALSH
ABBY WYLAN
AN-LIN DAUBER
BRIAN DUDKIEWICZ
HALLIE GRIFFIN
ZACH GRIFFIN
COURTNEY KNYSCH
MK KOPP
BERTHA LEAL
KAITLIN PAIGE LONGORIA
DANA MARTIN
ANNIE OLDAKOWSKI
ASHLEIGH POTEAT
ARTHUR ROSS
EMMA SANDALL
HANNAH MAE STURGES
ANGIE TENNANT
ASHLEE WASMUND

Critical Reception[edit]

New Light Theater project has received critical praise including numerous Critics' Picks, Best of Theater 2019 (The Stage + Slant Magazine), Best of Theater 2014 (The L Magazine), and induction into Indie Theater Now's People of the Year/Indie Theater Hall of Fame.^[7] They were nominated for a Drama Desk Award in 2023^[8].

References[edit]

^ "COMPANY". nltp. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
^ Considine, Allison (2018-04-03). "Know a Theatre: New Light Theater Project of New York City". AMERICAN THEATRE. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
^ "New Light Theater Project". www.dramatistsguild.com. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
^ "WHO WE ARE". nltp. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
^ "HISTORY". nltp. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
^ "COMPANY". nltp. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
^ "Covid Relief Grants". www.59e59.org. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
^ Considine, Allison (2023-05-31). "2023 Drama Desk Award winners announced". New York Theatre Guide. Retrieved 2023-12-09.

[1] "COMPANY". nltp. Retrieved 2023-12-06.

[2] Considine, Allison (2018-04-03). "Know a Theatre: New Light Theater Project of New York City". AMERICAN THEATRE. Retrieved 2023-12-09.

[3] "New Light Theater Project". www.dramatistsguild.com. Retrieved 2023-12-09.

[4] "WHO WE ARE". nltp. Retrieved 2023-12-09.

[5] "HISTORY". nltp. Retrieved 2023-12-06.

[6] "COMPANY". nltp. Retrieved 2023-12-06.

[7] "Covid Relief Grants". www.59e59.org. Retrieved 2023-12-09.

[8] Considine, Allison (2023-05-31). "2023 Drama Desk Award winners announced". New York Theatre Guide. Retrieved 2023-12-09.

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